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1,200-year-old pagan temple to Thor and Odin unearthed in Norway
Live Science ^
| 8/10/2020
| Tom Metcalfe
Posted on 10/09/2020 3:43:44 AM PDT by Candor7
The remains of a 1,200-year-old pagan temple to the Old Norse gods such as Thor and Odin have been discovered in Norway a rare relic of the Viking religion built a few centuries before Christianity became dominant there. Archaeologists say the large wooden building about 45 feet (14 meters) long, 26 feet (8 m) wide, and up to 40 feet (12 m) high is thought to date from the end of the eighth century and was used for worship and sacrifices to gods during the midsummer and midwinter solstices. Old Norse culture was famous and feared by some a century later, after bands of Norse sailors and warriors known as the Vikings started trading, raiding and colonizing throughout Europe and into Iceland, Greenland and Canada.
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TOPICS: Education; Religion; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: archaeology; archeology; canada; godhouse; godsgravesglyphs; greenland; iceland; norway; odin; thor; viking
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They just keep uncovering the old sites of our former incarnations! My Gott!
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posted on
10/09/2020 3:43:44 AM PDT
by
Candor7
To: Fred Nerks; SunkenCiv; Viking2002
The just keep digging up our old homes from our previous incarnations!
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posted on
10/09/2020 3:52:59 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: Candor7
That would be the most fun job ever!
To: Candor7
...has anyone found Ragnar Lodbrok ?....
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posted on
10/09/2020 4:01:50 AM PDT
by
Patriot_MP
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: southernindymom
If you think digging is fun bring your shovel and work up my garden for the winter. It may have been used as a worship site.
To: Candor7; SunkenCiv
To: Candor7; Fred Nerks; SunkenCiv
You know how long it took me to bury the damn thing? Nooooo, Ragnar says. It'll be a piece of cake, Ragnar says. You'll be done by lunch, Ragnar says.......
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posted on
10/09/2020 4:25:58 AM PDT
by
Viking2002
(When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
To: Candor7
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posted on
10/09/2020 4:26:34 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: Candor7
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posted on
10/09/2020 4:31:07 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: Candor7
To: GreenLanternCorps
Why does Thor have big metal boobs?
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posted on
10/09/2020 4:52:31 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
To: freedumb2003
Transgender Thor... Of course.
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posted on
10/09/2020 4:55:12 AM PDT
by
redshawk
( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
To: redshawk
I read somewhere about a female Thor for the next movie?
Now that disney owns all the major entertainment labels: ST, SW, Marvel it is destroying them all with wokeness.
I predict we will NOT see a Capt. Marvel II.
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posted on
10/09/2020 5:08:32 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
To: Candor7
Why the word “pagan” when “temple” would have sufficed? If it means non-Christian why isn’t Islam considered a pagan religion?
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posted on
10/09/2020 5:09:29 AM PDT
by
BubbaBasher
("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
To: redshawk; freedumb2003
Well he already got turned into a frog...
And it was awesome...
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posted on
10/09/2020 5:18:04 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: BubbaBasher
“If it means non-Christian why isnt Islam considered a pagan religion?”
I think ‘pagan’ has traditionally been applied to polytheistic religions. Islam claims to be monotheistic and can be viewed as some kind of deviation from Christianity / Judaism. Belloc described Islam as one of the “Great Heresies” in his book of the same name - a good book
To: Patriot_MP
He should have killed Ivar. You knew you were going to have a bad day when you saw Viking ships headed toward your village.
To: Candor7
The building housed priests that used it to store the loot proceeds from the collection plates
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posted on
10/09/2020 5:26:16 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh, my, what a wonderful day)
To: freedumb2003; redshawk
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posted on
10/09/2020 5:28:51 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: Candor7
Thomtimes I am thor after thwiming.
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posted on
10/09/2020 5:33:16 AM PDT
by
Richard Axtell
(So, everything has gone to hell, what did I tell ya?)
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